My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Michigan
Today is our move-in date and the landlord refuses to give us our keys. My fiance and I have paid the security deposit for each of us and the first month's rent. Total = $1224. Now, we are 15 days late for the second month's rent for just me. She doesn't have to pay again until October because she is on the financial aid plan for college students. I owe $375 for the month. We offered to pay half today and they wouldn't take that and give us our keys.
Also, we have a cat and were told that we could pay the $500 pet fee throughout the year. They told us it is actually a $200 deposit (THAT MUST ALSO BE PAID TODAY!) and then the $300 spread out with rent. Now, when we first signed the lease we wanted to get the pet lease form out of the way and signed and they told us to wait until move-in date to deal with that. They would not give us the forms. When my fiance attempted to get the keys today they gave her the forms. They are ridiculous! There is even a part about how if you leave your pet alone for more than 8 hours then they can remove the pet. Is this legal if we paid the fees?
The manager at the leasing office was EXTREMELY rude to my fiance. We are regretting signing this lease now. We only did so because they were one of few apartments that would lease for a smaller period of time than other complexes, since we are leaving in December.
Would the Landlord void the lease by not giving us the keys by the move in date, allowing us to get our money back and move in to somewhere more reasonable?
EDIT: Also, we only have 9 days left on our current lease. We have no other place to go since we are over 2.5 hours away from home.

